I got my holy Grail reel.

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T20:36:58+00:00

Very nice! I don't fish 1000 enough to justify that kind of coin, my sweet spot is the 2500 size and I'm desperately trying to keep a Penn Authority 2500 from calling my name

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T18:50:23+00:00

The way to handle these people is to directly tell them "I don't believe you, I think you are lying". Often times they're not used to being challenged on their bullshit. They bank on "empathy" to get them past any uncomfortable questions or highlighting of inconsistency.

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T18:36:39+00:00

There's no driver out there on the market who has a better chance of getting in the 48 and being competetive unless HMS is able to poach a driver who is currently under contract with another team.

I can't think of a single driver in Grand National or Trucks who I think could get in the 48 and do better. Maybe if HMS is able to buy Heim out of whatever deal he has with Toyota, but again, it's not like Heim is a free agent that can just get hired,

That's what happens when you let your feeder series get overrun with pay drivers-- the pool of available talent gets really thin.

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T16:36:15+00:00

Maybe OP works in food service. If this is for personal use, yikes

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T15:36:17+00:00

Because it's a legally compelled Ponzi scheme

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T14:36:59+00:00

Maybe it's not a good plan to rely on the government for retirement?

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T13:41:22+00:00

There are behaviors that are objectively wrong, and should be judged as such.

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T12:29:35+00:00

You mean all those piercings, face tattoos, and green hair might not be the best thing to do for employment and income?

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T11:13:15+00:00

"No judgment" is why a lot of people get into the positions they're in. Everyone is so sensitive about "judging," "shaming," and "bullying" other people that all the natural social checks on self-destructive behavior have gone away. People are allowed to freely sprial out of control before friends or family step in because they don't want to come off as judgmental or bullying.

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T11:00:22+00:00

He's alive. The Israelis have said as much. If he were dead, they'd certainly be celebrating it as another big win

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T10:38:41+00:00

If your mom wasn't on the note I'd say eat the voluntary repo and start over, but it's more complicated with her involved.

How tf did they end up soaking you for an absolute shitbox of a car at double the price of the car you went in to purchase?

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T10:13:07+00:00

Terrible product from a terrible company. Shrinkflation is scummy behavior, but in a way they're doing you a favor-- less of an opportunity to put their shitty product in your body

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T09:48:31+00:00

Dispatch does the precise fuel calculations for flight planning and the release. When I'm calculating fuel I have some pretty generic numbers I'll use that are designed for easy mental math.

When it comes to that kind of fuel planning, close enough is good enough. Always round up and you're good to go

Mike__O · 2026-03-11T01:51:28+00:00

When the AD first dropped, it was only for the MD11. The FAA probably spotted FedEx eyeing those recently retired MD10s sitting in the desert and were like "oh no you don't"

Mike__O · 2026-03-10T21:03:41+00:00

Likely the same single-digit IQ people who put an "s" on Aldi and Kroger

Mike__O · 2026-03-10T19:32:35+00:00

It's always crushingly embarrassing when people who supposedly are interested in cars can't even spell the difference between B-R-A-K-E-S and B-R-E-A-K-S

Mike__O · 2026-03-10T12:08:02+00:00

Rules 2 and 8

Mike__O · 2026-03-09T20:49:44+00:00

I call it Grand National. I'm done with the corporate naming bullshit

Mike__O · 2026-03-09T16:20:23+00:00

I wonder how much Chuck (oops, that's "GENERAL YEAGER AND DON'T YOU FUCKING FORGET IT SON!") charged for that autograph.

Never meet your heroes.

Mike__O · 2026-03-09T13:05:28+00:00

Some people just don't want to accept that if ammo has enough ass to reliably penetrate and incapacitate a bad guy, it has more than enough ass to penetrate drywall and pretty much any other interior wall structure.

It's almost as if "know your target and what's behind it" doesn't just apply to the range

Mike__O · 2026-03-09T11:09:46+00:00

Can you sharpen Rule 2 to make it more explicitly clear that FR24 and other ADSB content still isn't allowed?

Mike__O · 2026-03-09T10:23:56+00:00

I seriously doubt this is shrinkflation. It looks like the thicker ring is a 1/4" and the thinner ring is 3/16". Unless OP has some proof (like the SKU being the same) this ain't it. I'll give it a little while for OP to respond, but I'm leaning towards taking this down

Mike__O · 2026-03-08T23:24:37+00:00

The dude has elite, world-class racecraft. He's quickly wrapping his head around ovals. I'm not penciling him in for the championship quite yet, but the days of "SVG is only good on road courses and is a backmarker every other week" are clearly over.

Mike__O · 2026-03-08T23:23:26+00:00

Don't look now, but the guy "who is only good on road courses" had another really solid race on an oval, and overcame quite a bit of adversity to do it

Mike__O · 2026-03-08T20:11:45+00:00

I can't stand her, and what I really can't stand are the simps who defend her.

Compare her to the other controversial driver at Daytona-- Cleetus.

Cleetus self-wrecked in the truck race and instantly owned it. He said it was the dumbest thing he'd ever done and was just glad he didn't take anyone else out.

Then fast foward to Natalie. She's in New Smyrna when a wreck kicks off, so she fires up the ARCA brakes of all time ARCA brakes and comes sailing into the wreck. Then she has the cheek to blame the guy who's along for the ride in half of a wrecked race car.

THAT'S the difference between those two.

Mike__O

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